Whoa, what’s this? No rain? Can’t be a NASCAR weekend without rain, can it? I’m beside myself, I actually had my DVR set to record the race Monday at 11:00 am. I guess I’ll have to change that.
Open Race Thread: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sarcasm aside, I believe that the teams in Hew Hampshire this weekend are appreciating the fact there is no rain.
I don’t have much in the way of a preview for you today, I’m a little short on time but I do want to say my pick to win is Johnson followed closely by Stewart and Gordon. I don’t expect Hamlin to have a good day even though he has an incredible 7.2 finish average at Loudon - but then again I was wrong about Newman last week, so who am I really?
My dark horse is Bowyer followed by Montoya. I know, Montoya? But he runs well on flat tracks and Hew Hampshire is more flat than banked, and it is either feast or famine with him and I’m thinking its going to be a feast day.
Line-up is after the jump, see you in the comment section.
Starting line-up via nascar.com
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POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 135.002 | 28.213 | Leader |
| 2 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 134.763 | 28.263 | -0.050 |
| 3 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 134.648 | 28.287 | -0.074 |
| 4 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Ford40MPG.com | 134.587 | 28.300 | -0.087 |
| 5 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 134.382 | 28.343 | -0.130 |
| 6 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser Designated Driver | 134.354 | 28.349 | -0.136 |
| 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 134.160 | 28.390 | -0.177 |
| 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 134.146 | 28.393 | -0.180 |
| 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 134.146 | 28.393 | -0.180 |
| 10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 134.075 | 28.408 | -0.195 |
| 11 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 134.056 | 28.412 | -0.199 |
| 12 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | 133.981 | 28.428 | -0.215 |
| 13 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Best Buy | 133.820 | 28.462 | -0.249 |
| 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Sylvania / Menards | 133.816 | 28.463 | -0.250 |
| 15 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Bush's Best Baked Beans / Kingsford | 133.792 | 28.468 | -0.255 |
| 16 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 133.769 | 28.473 | -0.260 |
| 17 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 133.755 | 28.476 | -0.263 |
| 18 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 133.595 | 28.510 | -0.297 |
| 19 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 133.572 | 28.515 | -0.302 |
| 20 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 / Office Depot | 133.445 | 28.542 | -0.329 |
| 21 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 133.357 | 28.561 | -0.348 |
| 22 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Golden Corral / Richie Evans NASCAR Hall of Fame | 133.245 | 28.585 | -0.372 |
| 23 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Scotts WinterGuard Fertilizer | 133.203 | 28.594 | -0.381 |
| 24 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 133.114 | 28.613 | -0.400 |
| 25 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Axe Cool Metal | 132.905 | 28.658 | -0.445 |
| 26 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS "We Love Logistics" | 132.896 | 28.660 | -0.447 |
| 27 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Affliction Clothing: Live Fast | 132.665 | 28.710 | -0.497 |
| 28 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 132.591 | 28.726 | -0.513 |
| 29 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Dewalt | 132.572 | 28.730 | -0.517 |
| 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit | 132.429 | 28.761 | -0.548 |
| 31 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Degree Men | 132.232 | 28.804 | -0.591 |
| 32 | 38 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | Long John Silver's | 132.213 | 28.808 | -0.595 |
| 33 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 132.048 | 28.844 | -0.631 |
| 34 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports | 131.856 | 28.886 | -0.673 |
| 35 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | HP Racing LLC | 131.797 | 28.899 | -0.686 |
| 36 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy | 131.352 | 28.997 | -0.784 |
| 37 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 131.293 | 29.010 | -0.797 |
| 38 | 55 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 131.058 | 29.062 | -0.849 |
| 39 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 130.833 | 29.112 | -0.899 |
| 40 | 32 | Mike Bliss | Ford | Street King | 130.613 | 29.161 | -0.948 |
| 41 | 37 | Josh Wise | Ford | Max Q Motorsports | 130.550 | 29.175 | -0.962 |
| 42 | 71 | Andy Lally+* | Ford | Interstate Moving Services | 128.784 | 29.575 | -1.362 |
| 43 | 46 | Scott Speed | Ford | Red Line Oil | 130.305 | 29.230 | -1.017 |
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 44 | 135 | Steve Park | Chevrolet | "Ole Blue" Tribute | 128.398 | 29.664 | -1.451 |
| 45 | 150 | T.J. Bell* | Chevrolet | Green Smoke | 127.483 | 29.877 | -1.664 |
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
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